Day in pictures: 17 November 2011

The new Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, receives a silver bell from his predecessor Silvio Berlusconi. Monti unveiled a new cabinet with which he plans to steer Italy through its debt crisis.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is seen reflected in a window as he speaks during a campaign visit to Versailles, a Cuban restaurant, in the Little Havana neighbourhood of Miami, Florida.

A projected image of Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th Century feminist and writer, is projected onto the Houses of Parliament in London as part of a campaign which wants a statue of her to be erected in honour of her contribution to equality and human rights.

Women sit on a fishing boat in the Akpakpa area of Benin's capital Cotonou. Pope Benedict XVI is due to arrive in Benin on Friday for a three-day visit, his second to Africa after visiting Cameroon and Angola in 2009.

Paramilitary forces keep guard at the scene of a blast in Karachi's Clifton beach area. Three suspected suicide bombers riding in a vehicle blew themselves up when police tried to stop them. One police officer was killed in the blast.

Salvage teams have pumped all of the oil out of the Rena container ship which ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in Tauranga and are now starting to remove the first of the 1,300 containers on board.

Men roll barrels of Beaujolais Nouveau wine for the official launch of the 2011 vintage in the centre of Lyon. This year is the 60th anniversary of the annual Beaujolais bash.

Smouldering remains of houses are seen following a blaze at a slum in Dhaka where more than 100 homes burnt down.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets a blind flood victim during her visit to a centre for people evacuated from flooded areas in Bangkok, Thailand.

A Thai supporter cheers during a Southeast Asian Games football match between Thailand and Singapore at Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. Singapore won 2-0.

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